Famous People
This famous singer/actress from Colombia performed the theme song at the 2010 World Cup (soccer).
Who is Shakira?
This is a celebration of a girl's birthday that is a tradition in Latin American cultures, marking her passage from girlhood to womanhood.
What is Quinceañera?
Machu Picchu is located in this country.
What is Peru?
The capital of Argentina.
What is Buenos Aires?
The name for a popular Spanish version of a soap opera.
What is a Telenovela?
Honduran American actress famously known for her leading role in the television series Ugly Betty and most recently for her role in the movie Barbie; has advocated for increased Latina representation in television and film.
Who is America Ferrera?
This traditional six-pointed paper mache star is swung at almost every Mexican celebration and is filled with candy and small toys.
What is a piñata?
People born in Puerto Rico are citizens of this country.
What is the United States?
The two most spoken languages in South America.
What is Spanish and Portuguese?
This country is famous for its coffee production and is one of the top coffee exporters globally.
What is Colombia?
Known as one of the first and most popular Latin American baseball players in the United States; first Hispanic player to be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Who is Roberto Clemente?
These Venezuelan grilled corn cakes are commonly filled with different ingredients, such as cheese, meat, or beans.
What are Arepas?
Largest river in the world and home to a host of fascinating creatures, including Electric Eels, Flesh-eating Piranhas, Pink River Dolphins, and Anacondas.
What is the Amazon River?
The green in the Mexican flag represents this.
What is independence from Spain?
With an estimate of 85%, the majority of the world's alpaca population live in this South American country.
What is Peru?
The first Latina Associate Judge chosen to the U.S. Supreme Court in 2009 by President Barack Obama.
Who is Justice Sonia Sotomayor?
This celebration commemorates the Mexican army's victory in 1862 over France at the Battle of Puebla during the Franco-Mexican War (often confused with Mexican Independence Day).
What is Cinco de Mayo?
This is the state in the U.S. with the largest Hispanic population.
What is California?
Hispanic Heritage Month begins on September 15th because five Latin American countries celebrate their independence on that day. Name three of the five countries.
What is Nicaragua, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Honduras, El Salvador?
There are more sheep than humans in this South American country, with a ratio of 8 sheep per person.
What is Uruguay?
In 1962, with Dolores Huerta, he started a group called the United Farm Workers of America, to improve work conditions for migrant farm workers.
Who is César Chavez?
Baseball and Dominoes are this country's favorite sport and pastime.
What is Cuba?
Three countries or territories in The Caribbean.
What is Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago?
Cuban revolutionary and politician who was a very famous leader of Cuba; Under his administration, Cuba became a one-party communist state.
Who is Fidel Castro?
This nation has won the most Miss Universe and Miss World titles than any other country.
What is Venezuela?